Definition, Meaning & Anagrams | English word ACOMB

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Definitions of ACOMB

1. A village and cpar in south, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY9366).
2. A western suburb of the City of in York, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5751).

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Examples of Using ACOMB in a Sentence

• The city is split between two state legislative districts: 46A, represented by Representative Larry Kraft and Senator Ron Latz, and 45B, represented by Representative Patty Acomb and Senator Kelly Morrison.
• Formerly a farming village, Acomb expanded over the centuries to become a dormitory area for workers in heavy industry, such as rail engineering, in the 19th and 20th centuries and more recently for a more diverse workforce.
• A delicate child, he was sent at the age of five to a relative in Yorkshire, and attended school at Acomb, and afterwards at Tadcaster and at Ilford, Essex.
• Smaller towns and villages around Hexham include Corbridge, Riding Mill, Stocksfield and Wylam to the east, Acomb and Bellingham to the north, Allendale to the south and Haydon Bridge, Bardon Mill and Haltwhistle to the west.
• Abberwick, Acklington, Acomb, Acton, Akeld, Allendale, Allenheads, Alnham, Alnmouth, Alnwick, Alwinton, Amble, Ancroft Northmoor, Anick, Ancroft, Apperley Dene, Ashington, Aydon, Ayle.
• Aberford, Acaster Malbis, Acaster Selby, Acklam (Middlesbrough), Acklam (Ryedale), Acomb, Addingham, Adel, Adlingfleet, Adwick le Street, Agbrigg, Agglethorpe, Aike, Ainderby Quernhow, Ainderby Steeple, Ainthorpe, Aire View, Airmyn, Airton, Aiskew, Aislaby (Ryedale), Aislaby (Scarborough), Akebar, Aldborough, Aldbrough, Aldbrough St John, Aldfield, Aldwark, Allerston, Allerthorpe, Allerton, Allerton Mauleverer, Almondbury, Alne, Altofts, Alverthorpe, Amotherby, Ampleforth, Angram (Harrogate), Angram (Richmondshire), Anlaby, Anlaby Common, Anston, Appersett, Applegarth, Appleton Roebuck, Appleton Wiske, Appleton-le-Moors, Appleton-le-Street, Appletreewick, Ardsley, Arkendale, Arkle Town, Arksey, Armthorpe, Arncliffe, Arnold, Arram, Arrathorne, Arthington, Asenby, Askham Bryan, Askham Richard, Askrigg, Askwith, Asselby, Aston, Athersley, Atley Hill, Atwick, Aughton (East Riding of Yorkshire), Aughton (South Yorkshire), Austonley, Austwick, Aysgarth, Azerley.
• Northumberland County Council: Bellingham, Bywell, Corbridge, Haltwhistle, Haydon and Hadrian, Hexham Central with Acomb, Hexham East, Hexham West, Humshaugh, Longhorsley, Ponteland East and Stannington, Ponteland North, Ponteland South with Heddon, Ponteland West, Prudhoe North, Prudhoe South, South Tyneside, Stocksfield and Broomhaugh.
• Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is bounded by the Knavesmire, an open area of land on which York Racecourse is situated, to the east, Askham Bog and the A64 to the south, Woodthorpe and Foxwood to the west, and Acomb and Holgate to the north.
• The parish also includes the village of Knapton, and the Trenchard Road Estate on the edge of Acomb, York.
• 2010–2024: The city of York wards of: Acomb; Clifton; Fishergate; Guildhall; Heworth; Holgate; Hull Road; Micklegate; and Westfield.
• Doug Acomb, Fred Barrett, Richie Bayes, Jim Blain, Mike Byers, Terry Caffrey, Cam Crosby, Gord Davies, Gary Edwards, Chris Evans, Brian Glennie, Frank Hamill, Ken Kelly, Steve King, Tom Martin, Gerry Meehan, Cam Newton, Al Osborne, Brad Park, Mike Pelyk, Bob Whidden, John Wright.
• Locally the name Woodthorpe is generally used for the areas south of Acomb Wood and east to Moorcroft Road and Acorn Way.
• York is divided into 21 electoral wards: Acomb, Bishopthorpe, Clifton, Copmanthorpe, Dringhouses and Woodthorpe, Fishergate, Fulford and Heslington, Guildhall, Haxby and Wigginton, Heworth, Heworth Without, Holgate, Hull Road, Huntington and New Earswick, Micklegate, Osbaldwick and Derwent, Rawcliffe and Clifton Without, Rural West York, Strensall, Westfield, and Wheldrake.
• In July 2014, NYP arrested Paul Harris, the landlord of The Acomb pub (since renamed as The Clockhouse pub) in York on suspicion of perverting the course of justice.
• The city's municipal boundaries were enlarged on a number of occasions, notably in 1884 when it gained areas including Clifton and Heworth, and in 1937 when it gained areas including Acomb, Dringhouses and Middlethorpe.
• The present facility on Wigginton Road, which replaced numerous other facilities, including Acomb Hospital, Deighton Grove Hospital, Fulford Hospital, the Military Hospital, Yearsley Bridge Hospital, York City Hospital and York County Hospital, was designed by Llewelyn-Davies, Weeks, Forestier-Walker and Bor and built and equipped at a cost of £12.
• A month later at York he was beaten when odds-on favourite for the Listed Acomb Stakes, finishing third to Concordial.
• The system eventually expanded to six main routes out from the city centre to Acomb, Dringhouses, Fulford, Haxby Road, Hull Road and South Bank.
• The Leeds and York Railway was promoted in the 1840s, during the Railway Mania; the line formed an alternative route from Leeds to York, starting in Wellington Street (Leeds), passing Seacroft, Thorner, Clifford Moor, and crossing the River Wharfe near Thorp Arch continued via Walton, Syningthwaite, Bilton, Hutton Wandesley, Rufforth and Acomb to York.

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